Window shade and curtain fixture.



L. 0. GARRAWAY & H. T. HAASE.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED OUT. 19, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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660 ia/va L. 0. GARRAWAY & H. T. HAASE.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

' APPLICATION FILED 001219, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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LEE 0. GARRAWAY AND HERMAN T. HAASE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

WINDOVJ' SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEE O. GARRAVAY and HERMAN T. I-Lmsn, citizens ofthe United States. residingat Memphis, in the county of Shelby and Stateof Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vindow Shadeand Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved window shade and curtain fixture forsupporting a shade roller and curtain pole, the said inventionconsisting in the construction, com

bination and arrangement of devices here inai'ter described and claimed.

One object of our invention is to effect means whereby the various partsof the fix ture may be made from blanks of sheet metal at very low cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curtain fixture ofthis character which is extremely cheap and simple and is also extremelystrong and durable.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a plan of a blank from whichthe main portion of the curtain rod supporting bracket is made. Fig. 2is a detail perspective view of the curtain rod supporting bracket madefrom the blank. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the blank from which thecombined base member and the shade roller support is formed. Fig. a is aperspective of the base member or shade roller support made from saidblank. Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing a modified form of the basemember. Fig. 6 is an elevation partly in section of the fixture with theparts assembled. Fig. 7 is a detail section on the plane indicated bythe line aa of Fig. 6.

Our improved curtain fixture comprises essentially a base member 1 and acurtain pole supporting bracket 2. The base member is made from a singlepiece of sheet metal which is first formed in the flat blank such asshown in Fig. 3 and provided with a horizontal arm 3 and a vertical arm4 which extends upwardly from the inner end of the horizontal arm. Theouter end of the horizontal arm is enlarged and rounded as shown andprovided with an opening 5 of suitable shape for the reception of one ofthe end spindles or journals of a shade roller. The arm 1 is bent atright angles to the horizontal arm 3 as indicated by the dotted lines 7and is bent outwardly a slight distance on a horizontal line indicatedat 8 and Specification of Letters Patent. Patented X 1g 3O 1910,

Application filed Dctcber 19, 1909.

Serial No. 523,386.

- bent upwardly on a parallel line indicated at 9 'so that the upperportion of the said vertical arm is offset from the lower portionthereof as indicated at 10 in Fig. 1. The vertical arm is provided at asuitable point with a fitted screw 6 to enable the base member to bescrewed to a window casing at a suitable point without the use of toolsand the said arm 4: is also provided near its lower end with an opening6 through which a nail or screw may be driven into the window casing toprevent pivotal movement of the base member.

In the modified construction of the base member shown in Fig. 5, the arm1* includes a bend or angle 1 so that the upper offset portion of saidarm is out of line with the lower portion thereof.

The blank 11 from which the curtain pole supporting bracket is formedcomprises essentially a relatively narrow parallel sided arm 12 at theinner end of which is a broadened squared portion 13, the sides of whichproject beyond opposite sides of the said arm 12 and are for a suitabledistance from their upper ends divided therefrom by slits 17 and crossslits 17 The outer end portion of the arm 12 is curved in substantiallysemi-circular form to provide a bearing 14: for the reception of one endof a curtain pole and the broadened inner end portion 13 is bentdownwardly at right angles to the arm 12, the latter when the fixture isin position being horizontal. The line on which the inner end portion 13is bent is indicated at 15 of Fig. l. The said broadened inner endportion 13 then has its projecting sides bent rearwardly on parallellines indicated at 16 and then inwardly on parallel lines indicated at17, and which are spaced a slight distance from the lines or bends 16 sothat the said down-turned portion of the bracket forms a vertical armwhich is provided on its rear side with a channel 18 as indicated inFig. 2. This channel is of sufficient size to enable the upper offsetportion 10 of the vertical arm of the base member to be inserted thereinas shown in Fig. 6 so that the said bracket is supported by and detachably secured to the base member. The upper portions orcorners of thebroadened squared portion 13 form ears 19 and having openings 20 throughwhich screws or nails may be driven to secure the curtain polesupporting bracket directly to a window casing in the event that it isdesired to use the said bracket without the base member. A brace arm 21which is made of sheet metal is disposed under the bracket member 2 inan inclined position with its inner end riveted or otherwise secured tothe lower end of the down-turned portion or bracket member 2 and itsouter end riveted or otherwise secured to the under side of the arm 12.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. A window shade and curtain fixture comprising abase having a horizontal arm and a vertical upwardly extending armoffset from the plane of the base and formed with a shoulder, the saidhorizontal arm forming a bearing for one end of a shade roller, and acurtain rod supporting bracket having a vertically downwardly extendingarm at its inner end provided with a channel in its rear side for thereception of the upper portion of the vertical arm of the base, thelower end of the bracket arm engaging the said shoulder.

2. A curtain rod supporting bracket consisting of a single piece ofmetal bent into angularly disposed arms, one of the arms having rodengaging means, the other arm having its opposite edges bent inwardlyfrom opposite sides and provided with apertured lugs integrallyconnected to the inwardly bent portions of the said arm.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LEE 0. GARRAWVAY. HERMAN T. HAASE.

Vitnesses T. L. RoLmNs, A. T. WVINBOURN.

